A recent thread got hijacked into a discussion of the bloat or non-bloatedness of Tales and it got me wondering. Those who believe it is bloated with filler material, if you had the chance to create a tighter album, exactly which sections would you edit out and leave on the cutting room floor?
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Tales but I would do some serious editing to Ritual...the whole drum/percussion ensemble thing is outta here...I'd also cut the lead bass part right before it at least in half or maybe a quarter. Sides 1 & 3 I'd leave as-is, but I'd do some trimming to The Remembering as well...perhaps in the fade out section.
What about you?
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